The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
THE ARMY AND NAVY.

Naval orders. rs.-Medical Inspector David Kindle-
berger and surgeon d. II. Kiddcr, ordered TO ex-
animation for promotion; Commander Yates Stir
ling, TO command the receiving ship Dale, slst in-
stant; Commander Charles ID. sigsbee, as a member
of the Pneumatic Gun.carriage Board; Lieut. &. X.
Curtis and Lieut. &. w. Ruschengherger, TO the re-
ceving- ship st. Louis; Chaplain W. II. steward TO
isched from The Rcnmond and SI Placed on waiting
oricrs; Medical Inspector Somerset Robinson, or
dered to the Naval Rendezvous at san Francisco,
2qh Instant; Naval Cadet X. u. Howell, to Annapo-
lie by June for nnal examinations; Assistant Sur.
gccn +: A. IIesser, detached from the Richmond
eistaut Surgeon |. w. Kite, from the Naval Ilospi-
isl. New YORK, and ordered to the Richmond;
Passed Assistant Surgeon Ernest Norneet, ordered
to the Naval Hospital, Mare Island.
Some comment Is heard In ARMY circles about the
nomination OF Henry ID. Humphrey, Of Idaho, to bs
second lieutent INT In the Twentieth Infantry,
which was sent I'd tie Senate ast week by the Presi
dent. It ia stated that Mr.. Humphrey is civilian;
and the ofncers who are talking about the nha!tef
lion bill, passed in 1878, Congress provided that In
time OF peace civilians not graduates OF the military
kcademy should be appolnto second icutenants in
the Army only when more vacancies exist than will
be required 10 the assignment Of the next gradual
ing class Of West Point cadets. To This Is added tn
the lis, OF second ieutenapts, while the class which
will be graduated at the Military Acad my this year
ilssnn." isn"'' "' west '0'"'' 0'' ''"'' III ''' 'S'""'
Lieut. NJ Ia Wood, ot,hc Navy, has been ordered
to ordnance instruction at the Washington Ordnance
Yard. and will report without delay. Gun work I,
SUI proGressng pr M AZ thls yar although ihe large,
OF me work OF getting rid OF supernuous machinery
Capt. Richard Collum, Of the Marine Corps. amuse,
and interestedthe young gentlemen composing tn,
Young Mems Guild OF the Church Of the Saviour, II
Philadelphia, during the past week, with brigh
anu crlspy lecture ON the "Heithen Chinec." Tit
"A In
Captain. aud a vote of thanks was carried unani
mously. capt. Collum Is assistant quartermaster a
| tho League Island Station, aud has male hosts o
friends In the Quaker City.
The presence OF Pay Inspector Ambrose Clark, o
the Navy, at the Paymascr Generals once, Nav
Department. few days ago, is regarded as an lndl
| cation OF the interest which tho now chief OF IN
the New % YORK Y Ysrd ard paas for maEns ns yay Sa IN
purchasing headquarters pretty nearly perfected
anu a few weeks IN re VIII zee one more bushes
| idea Of Mr.. Secretary whitney put into efIectiy
| order.
The rtmrr comes from Norfolk that the humdrur
life Of tine ON on the Dolphin Is about over au
tits asserted that orders have been prepared for he
early departure to eld OF labor hitherto but littl
jective point, where deep.sea work is waiting 10
,lone with the one important object IN view OF dt
terntnlng the primal movements OF the mysteriou
Cult Stream whose current alone prevents Englan
from being second Labrador or Greenland
The Putnnms announce for early issue "The Fa
OF Maximliian's Empire as Seen from Unite
states Gunboat," by Lieut. Seaton Schroeder
The Army Register for 1887, which will appear
q few days, will show, among many curiosities {
promotion. one case which is unparalleled In tn
history OF the Army. A cadet In the class Of 1885
West Point, few days before graduating, struck
classrhatc, and was c0urt-martaled. He was ser
fenced to the guar,l-hOuse until the 2sth Of Angus
His connection with the Army dates from that I'm,
AL his CLASSMATES had heen assigned to their reg
ments, aad there was left to him nothug but IN
dernter resort, single vacant second eutenanc
IN the Seventh Cavalry, and he took tnat. Thi
cadet, who, l. may as weil be stated, is !:orenz, l
Dawson, Wisconsin boy, appointed to West Poil
from Iowa, hal stood well up In his class, some
where about the tenth. lie would accordingly hav
had chance TO make z bod selection OF regiment.
and he desired to enter the Sixth Cavalry, which, U
course, Ia crack regiment, and IN which at that tim
years. Register Davisons name appears at the tai
end Of the whole Army. Ills name was last on tn
list OF second leutenants aud there were 42S ahea
OF him. In few months DAWSON swapped place
/, with lieutenant In the Eleventh Infantry. Thi
was the lucklest move he could possibly have made
ment during the past year. Capt. Wickof, Cap
Jackson, and Capt. Whitney hive been retlrtt
Maj Schwau was transferred to the Adjutant Ger
erals once, and Capt Beach resigned In cOnst
quence OF these vacancies four OF the first leuier
ants In the regiment were promoted Subsequent
two of the first lieutenants were retired, and seve
of the second lieutenants have been promoted I
first lleutenante and now Dawson stautls with hr
one man between him aud first lieutenancy II
almost certainty that within year and q hall h
will receive this promotion. Among the first liet
tenants IN the Eleventh Infantry who came froi
West Point, to show how tardy promotions usual!
are, none has been less than seven years a secOn
lieutenant, one eight, another ten. and one eleven.